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W0YJTSO LOW ALLTOTAL HOURS 20.4 we had some great openings on ten meters was a lot of fun Kenwood ts-480 and a A3 beam running 90 watts 73's John
W1LAU/4SO LOW ALLRookie Class: First Licensed: 04-09-2013
W1QSSO HIGH 80MVet Contester K1KTH and KA7AB from the 1960 to 1969 era with Top ten from Asia twice and USA SSB SOAB high score 1969. Now retired and trying contesting again
W1TEF/4SO QRP 10MCould only operate three hours - band was indifferent - still had fun
W2AXRSO HIGH 10M 5/9/2012
W2CCCSA HIGH ALLNot bad for a G5RV, a beam would have certainly helped this time around
W3VYKSA LOW ALLFirst Licensed 4-19-2013
W3ZGDMULTI-ONE LOW10 was incredible all weekend!
W4NYSSO LOW 20MDate of License: 12/10/2013
W5VOLSA HIGH ALLMy 2nd Contest. Was a lot of fun, even though the family cut heavily into my time this weekend
W6NSSO HIGH ALLOn for 3 hours due to work obligations, This could be a check log but thought I would send it in to see how far to the bottom of the heap I could get
W7MEMSO HIGH ALLnice DX
W7OLYSA HIGH ALLIC-7600, ALS-1300 ,3L SteppIR @ 55', N1MM Logger Plus
W7RCASO LOW 20MGreat contest, too bad about the interference folks this year
W8GXSO LOW ALLComputer died and I lost the first 60 contacts. Ugh!
W8KNOSO LOW ALLAll Search & Pounce
W8WOM/7SO LOW ALL 9/25/2012
W9BGXSO HIGH ALLMy First CQ DX WW SSB Contest from W9BGX
W9MSSO HIGH ALLPoor conditions generally from this location!
W9RESO HIGH ALLGreat 10 meters but bad 80 and 160
W9TVX/6SA HIGH ALLLicensed June 2013
WA0EBZSO LOW ALLIn my opinion, best band opening this sun spot cycle. Had a fun time
WA1FCN/4SA LOW 15MI am not much of a phone op, but think I should have been more serious with this one. I really look forward to CQ WW CW
WA4NZDSO LOW ALLGood 10 and 15 meter band openings
WA5IYXSO LOW ALL(2002) FT-847; (1977) 3-el 10-m Wilson Yagi @20' AGL, 3-el 15-m homebrew Yagi @14' AGL - each using Armstrong rotor so just aimed at Eu in local morns and JA in afternoons; 20-m and 40-m fan dip. @15' AGL peak. With the largest sunspot group since 1990 the solar flux was higher than in many recent years for this contest. However, I ended up with fewer Qs than last year* (and NOT because I was distracted by the Sunday trans-Atlantic 50-MHz F2 event as that only affected the eastern US). 10m produced the majority of my Qs, often going well above 29 MHz (where my longest run of over 100 was obtained Sun morn). Having an HZ1 call me a little later at 18z was the largest shock of the contest. Due to short time between 15 and 10m opening in the morns scant 21 MHz activity was done then. 20m staying open all night also reduced my 40m Qs. My 75m ant has been defective for a protracted time. *a late Sat morn start (overslept) didn't help that! (having to cut-n-paste exact freqs from CT-9 note file into log after contest always slow things down)
WA6KHKSA LOW ALLI finally hear HV0A LC and I was stuck running low power with 2 amps down. I couldn't get any 572B tubes from RF Parts because they won't get any until December...I need a beer
WA7LTSO LOW ALLNot too bad for an 81 year old!
WA7PRCSO LOW ALLBy FAR, 10m was the big payoff band, followed by 15m and then 20m
WA8YSA HIGH ALLMY AMP BROKE DOWN AT 14:33UTC. A SOLAR FLARE BROKE THE BANDS FOR A WHILE SO I SPENT THAT TIME DUSTING OFF AN OLD AMP I'D NEVER USED. I'M GLAD I TRIED IT, THE FL-7000 WORKED AND MY QSO RATE WENT UP. I HAD FUN PLAYING RADIO IN ANOTHER CQ WW CONTEST, I AM HOOKED
WB2RSO QRP ALLGreat Fun
WB4EHGSA LOW ALLBest I have ever done. The bands were kind to us
WB6CZGSA HIGH ALL10 & 15 seem to have been the best bands. However trying to work Europe I encountered the East Coast wall. Rig was TS2000, amp was AL80B, Ant was 80 meter dipole (at 70 ft) with a AT2K tuner fed with 450 ohm ladder line
WC2LSA HIGH ALLGreat contest, just very limited time to operate!
WE6EZ/5SO LOW ALLOutstanding band conditions, especially on 10. I only wished stations would identify themselves more often. When working S&P its irritating and time consuming to hear stations calling QRZ 10 times before identifying themselves. It was fun nevertheless
WF0TSO QRP 15MCity lot + vertical = no one can hear me. Still a lot of fun!
WN7TSO HIGH ALLIt was a very casual hunt and peck effort. Great band conditions!
WT6HSA HIGH ALL10 meters was hot!!
WW7DSO LOW ALLPlenty of fun, even though I couldn't devote full time to it. A wind storm on Saturday evening knocked power out for 26 hours, putting an end to contesting for the weekend
XE1/N4DMHSO HIGH ALLRookie, first licensed in April 2014
XE1AYSO LOW ALLGUD PROPAGATION ON 10 M
XE2BSA HIGH ALLDespites unusable low band antennas, managed to break my own personal Record!!
XE2CQSA HIGH ALLENJOY TEST BUT I DID NOT HAVE CHANCE TO WORK FULL TIME
YB3IZKSO LOW 10MTnx for all station hpe cuagn next contest 73 bye
YB3MMMULTI-ONE LOWDue to full other event, we could not fully participate on this contest. CU next year
YD1ELPSO LOW 40MI HAVE BEEN A HAM SINCE MARCH - 12 - 2013
YD7BHKSA LOW 40M19 February 2014 my first cqww contest
YD8XOBSO LOW 40MFirst time participation
YL5WSO LOW 15MTS2000 100W + multiband vertical
YO2ISSO LOW 10MIC 7000, H.M. GP, 73 Szigy
YO2LELSO LOW 10MTX YAESU FT-897D / 100W OUT ANT SIRIO GPE 5/8

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